UFC welterweight champ Kamaru Usman acknowledges he’s probably in for a better payday fighting Jorge Masvidal over Gilbert Burns. As talented as the latter is, there’s no match for the former in fan appeal.
“At the end of the day, it takes two to tango,” Usman told reporters during a virtual media day in support of his UFC 251 title defense opposite Masvidal on Saturday. “It’s very hard for just one guy to be able to go out there and really sell to the masses. If I had to think about it, there’s maybe a couple of guys in the history [of combat sports] that are able to do something like that.